After a hot and wet summer, when will it feel like fall in Louisville?

The rain will stop for the most part this week, giving a chance for things to dry out after recent heavy rain.
Wochit, Louisville Courier Journal

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Amanda McClure's car sat in high water on Frankfort Ave. near River Road. McClure was on her way to pick up her child on her day off when she got caught in the high water. Sep. 24, 2018.(Photo: By Pat McDonogh / Courier Journal)Buy Photo

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This summer was the eighth warmest and sixth wettest in Louisville history.

Flooding and storms resulted in three days with precipitation records.

Despite wet September, the fall season is expected to have average precipitation amounts.

If you wanted the dog days of summer in Louisville this year, you got your wish.

High temperatures, combined with frequent rain and flooding, meant many days were better spent in the shade or indoors.

As fall arrives, meteorologists are not yet sure if temperatures will remain higher than normal over the next few months, but ongoing rain could make 2018 one of the wettest — if not the wettest — years on record in Louisville.

The average temperature for June through August in Louisville was 79.5 degrees Fahrenheit, which was 1.7 degrees higher than normal, said Jessica Bozell, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Louisville.

That mark made this summer the eighth warmest on record, Bozell said. The warmest summer on record in Louisville occurred in 2010, with an average temperature of 82.3 degrees.

The hottest day of this summer was July 5, when it reached 98 degrees in Louisville, according to the NWS.

However, WDRB chief meteorologist Marc Weinberg told the Courier Journal that 2018 is still poised to finish as one of the top 10 wettest years on record in Louisville and could even become the wettest.

As of Wednesday morning, Louisville had received 55.34 inches of rain for the year, NWS meteorologist Dan McKemy said.

Louisville needs about 1.5 additional inches of rain this year to crack the top 10 for wettest years, which Weinberg said will likely happen. The 10th wettest year on record in Louisville was 2006, when the city received 56.85 inches of rain, according to NWS data.

The wettest year on record was 2011, with 68.02 inches of rain. Weinberg said the city could even challenge that mark with several months left this year.

"Getting into the top 10 with about three and a half months of the year remaining would be pretty astonishing," Weinberg said.